Can-fastener



(No ModfeL) F.J.HBADLBY.

GAN FASTENBR.

,280- PatetecLApr. 7, 1885;

lkllll WITNESSES I 4UNITED i STATES- 'FRANK JosEPH HEADLEY,

`or MILTON, NEW JEEsEY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 315,280, dated` Aprilj,`1885.

' Application ined Febrgary 2, rest. (No modell) To LZZ` whom itmag/concern:

Be it knownthat I, FRANK J. HEADLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Milton, in the county of Morris and State of 'New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Can-Fasteners; andI do hereby declare thatthe following is afull,

l clear, and exact description of the invention,

` inafter fully set forth.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view showing my improvedfastener in position. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 isa transverse sectional view. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view.

Corresponding parts in the gures are de` noted by the same letters ofreference.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the body of a can or othervessel, which may be of any desired construction, having a top or cap,a. The can is provided with a bail, B, having its ends pivotallyconnected to the neck or edge of the body A, this bail being formed ofwire'and adapted to swing over the top of the can.

`C designates a lever, which comprises a body portion having a point, c,at its bottom, and `a handle, c2. At the top of the main portion of thelever is provided an eye or perforation, e3, by which the lever is adjusted upon the bail, a small notch, b, being provided upon the latter ata point over the center of the can-top, which notch serves to retain thelever in position and against accidental displacement upon the bail.

Upon the can-top a is provided a recess or notch, a2, which receives thepoint c of the lever when the latter is adjusted in position forfastening; The looking-lever C is preferably formed of a plate of sheetmetal, having its main portion out into desired shape, the handle c2being formed by curving or bending an extension of the plate intotubular form, as illustrated in Fig. 4. This construction of lever canbe readily manufactured at a comof simplicity, strength,anddurability.-

tion'willbe readily understood by those skilled in the art to which itappertains.

top of the can until-it is in a pla-ne nearly perpendicular to the coverofthe can, and the pointc at the bottom of the lever is seated in PATENTOFFICE,"

In operation the bail is elevated over the the recess or notch a2, whenby depressing the i leverbymeans of itshandlethe cantop isforced orpressed down and thebail is sprung up as illustrated in dotted lines,Fig. 2. Then the bail, having passed by the dead-center, pulls downwardonthe lever in a vertical line between the point o (yet resting in thenotch a2),y i 7o j aud the handle c2, thus securely holding the lever inplace and fastening the cover.l

vessel, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combinatiomwith` a can or other vessel having a bail providedwith a` notch,

ing the point at its bottom and the-eye or perforation by which it isadjusted uponthe bail and seated in said notch, substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.

3. The combination of a can or other vesc'ess, the bail having thecentrally-disposed the point at its bottom and the eye or perfoand itspoint being adapted to `engage the notch in the can-top, substantiallyasand for the purpose set forth. j

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.i

FRANK JOSEPH HEADLEY.

Vitnesses: J AcKsoN RoGERs DECKER, ELLA CHAMPION.

I claim as my invention and desire to secure spring the latter andcompress the top of the 8c and provided with a notch in its cover, of alocking-lever comprising a main portion hav-` 90 sel having a topprovided with a notch or renotch, and a locking-lever havinga handle, ii and comprising the main portion formed with 95 ration, the lever beingadjusted upon the bail-`

